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amazing you do lots and work hard.
I will always deny and refuse to accept that ordering 1 meal, with absurd delivery fee, tip etc will be cheaper then buying food in bulk and cooking it. you will never be able to math it so it looks cheaper. it won't ever happen regardless how you try to spin your 'time that isn't ever spent actually earning to offset the cost of paying absurd costs for 1 meal vs 4-5 days'
also, your parents never had this issue. your grandparents never had this issue. it seems to only be people from 2000s+ that are somehow deadset on justifying their time somehow is so valuable that shopping and cooking food is worthless/pointless. enjoy spending double if not more on food and complaining it's never enough income.
lol American clearly. gosh, buying in bulk would be amazing. closest to that is Costco, but when you calculate subscription cost, travel involved, and price compare individually it's rarely cheap (I live more than 2h from closest one).
buying in bulk is rare. most things are 1-3 servings at most, even pasta. I used to live in the states and genuinely miss the availability of bulk sizes of some things. meats being a big one. that's simply not a thing here and the price per kg of meats doesn't make buying and storing any cheaper as the price is pretty stable per month. it just goes up month after month...
my grandparents didn't pay $7 for milk and $6 for eggs. they also lived on veggies and butchered meats that were cheap. I have the privilege of remembering my grandparents being around and doing shopping with them when I was young. a month's groceries was $40 and 80% of that was meat and cheese. which I would help them repackage and freeze that very night.
the last few years before they passed they were unable to make by and my parents would often have to share food with them. I don't think many people realise how much things have changed in that regard.
my own parents are now suffering and eating far worse than when I was growing up with them. so I don't think that your point is universal.
I think you have overlooked something. my parents worked 8h days and made 4x what I do relatively to inflation. my grandparents worked 6hour days and made 6x as much as I do relative to inflation. I'm also much older than 2000+ lol
It's not that shopping/cooking time is worthless, it's that sometimes you have to choose between that and essentials, like sleep and relaxation.
I refuse to be like other people my age and rely on copius amounts of alcohol, to offset the stress of life. my time and money is valuable, and if I want to spoil myself on a healthy weekly dinner that saves time, and energy (and often money in my case), to maintain my mental health and /save/ me money as a result. I don't see your point.